USS Hatfield
USS Hatfield (DD-231) during the 1930s. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Namesake | John Hatfield |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 10 June 1918 |
| Launched | 17 March 1919 |
| Commissioned | 16 April 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 13 January 1931 |
| Recommissioned | 1 April 1932 |
| Decommissioned | 28 April 1938 |
| Recommissioned | 25 September 1939 |
| Reclassified | Miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-84, 1 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1946 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1947 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Variant of Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,190 tons |
| Length | 314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Draft | 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range | 4,900 nm @ 15 kn (9,100 km at 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 x 5" 5 in (130 mm), 3 in (76 mm), 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt. |
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USS Hatfield (DD-231/AG-84) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John Hatfield, killed in action 1813. As of 2021, no other ship of the U.S. Navy has been named Hatfield.